British Coasting[53] (Including repeated voyages.) Coal Trade 3676 650,000 1,700,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 1,710,000 0 0 English Coasting incl. Wales 5816 500,000 3,900,000 0 0 2,200,000 0 0 6,100,000 0 0 Scotch Coasting 684 60,000 300,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,444 1,779,326 30,957,421 8 2 29,640,568 4 6 60,597,989 12 8 [Footnote 53: No rule being established, whereby the British Coasting trade can be valued, the Estimate here given is grounded on the supposition, that the value of each cargo must amount to a certain moderate sum.--The aggregate of the whole is believed to exceed the estimate considerably.] RECAPITULATION. Ships and Tonnage. Vessels. Foreign and Coasting Trade as stated in the foregoing Table 13,268 1,773,326 Value of Merchandize imported £.30,957,421 8 2 Value of Merchandize exported 29,640,568 4 6 ------------------ Total imported and exported 60,597,989 12 8 To which add the Local Trade within the limits of the Port, in the Upper and Lower Thames, and the River Lea 235,000 0 0 _With a view to give the mind of the Reader a competent idea of the whole of the property upon the River Thames, which is exposed to hazard, the following estimate is added_, viz.-- 1. Value of the Hull, Tackle, Apparel and Stores of 2144 British, and Coasting vessels, trading to the port of London, without including, as above, the repeated voyages 8,825,000 0 0 2. Value of the Hull, Tackle, and Stores of 3507 Lighters, Barges, Punts, Hoys, Sloops, &c. employed in the Trade of the Thames, River Lea, &c. 350,000 0 0 3. Value of 3349 Wherries, Bumboats, and Police Boats employed on the River, &c. 25,000 0 0 ---------------- 70,032,989 12 8 4. Value of Goods, including Coals, exposed in Craft and upon the Quays, to the risque of pillage on an average each day in the year; (Exclusive of the Public Arsenals, Ships of War, Gunboats, Transports, and Hoys, for conveying Navy, Victualing, and Ordnance Stores, nearly equal to five Millions more) 235,000 0 0 ---------------- General Total 70,267,989 12 8 ----------------